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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-45FAF4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Late medieval/early post-medieval silver hammered halfgroat of Edward VII dating from c. April 1547-January 1549. Coinage in own name; first period; North 1900.
Obv: [E]DOARD[...R]EX[...]; crowned bust facing left.
Rev: [CIVI]TAS CAN[TOR]; long cross fourchee over square shield dividing legend.
Mint: Canterbury.
I.M. None.
Class: North 1900.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1547
Date to: Circa AD 1549
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.79 mm
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 20.34 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 1999
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Obverse description: Crowned bust facing left.
Obverse inscription: [E]DOARD[...R]EX[...]
Reverse description: Long cross fourchee over square shield dividing legend.
Reverse inscription: [CIVI]TAS CAN[TOR]
Initial mark: None.
Degree of wear: Very worn: fair
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Burton Upon Stather
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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